diff --git a/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/backend.ts b/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/backend.ts
index b5e7a581b..6e009e050 100644
--- a/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/backend.ts
+++ b/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/backend.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export async function getLocalInstalledBackends(): Promise<
       }
     }
   }
+  console.debug(local)
   return local
 }
 
@@ -157,9 +158,8 @@ export async function listSupportedBackends(): Promise<
     supportedBackends.push('macos-arm64')
   }
   // get latest backends from Github
-  const remoteBackendVersions = await fetchRemoteSupportedBackends(
-    supportedBackends
-  )
+  const remoteBackendVersions =
+    await fetchRemoteSupportedBackends(supportedBackends)
 
   // Get locally installed versions
   const localBackendVersions = await getLocalInstalledBackends()
diff --git a/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/index.ts b/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/index.ts
index 238c08ad4..7d168a6b8 100644
--- a/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/llamacpp-extension/src/index.ts
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ export default class llamacpp_extension extends AIEngine {
     const platformName = IS_WINDOWS ? 'win' : 'linux'
     const re = /^llama-(b\d+)-bin-(.+?)\.tar\.gz$/
     const archiveName = await basename(path)
+    logger.info(`Installing backend from path: ${path}`)
 
     if ((await fs.existsSync(path)) && path.endsWith('tar.gz')) {
       const match = re.exec(archiveName)
@@ -1055,7 +1056,11 @@ export default class llamacpp_extension extends AIEngine {
         throw new Error(`Invalid backend archive name: ${archiveName}`)
       }
       const backendDir = await getBackendDir(backend, version)
-      await invoke('decompress', { path: path, outputDir: backendDir })
+      try {
+        await invoke('decompress', { path: path, outputDir: backendDir })
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.error(`Failed to install: ${String(e)}`)
+      }
       const binPath =
         platformName === 'win'
           ? await joinPath([backendDir, 'build', 'bin', 'llama-server.exe'])
@@ -2481,9 +2486,7 @@ export default class llamacpp_extension extends AIEngine {
       logger.error('Failed to validate GGUF file:', error)
       return {
         isValid: false,
-        error: `Failed to read model metadata: ${
-          error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
-        }`,
+        error: `Failed to read model metadata: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`,
       }
     }
   }